Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova [1] advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Dubai (UAE) in doubles. At the start of the tournament, the 2016 Olympic champions defeated Shyko Aoyama of Japan and Katarina Srebotnik 6-1, 6-2.

The match lasted 45 minutes.

In order to reach the semifinals in doubles, Vesnina and Makarova will have to take on Japanese duo Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya.

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova [1] advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha (Qatar) after a character win over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Ukrainian Olga Savchuk 2-6 7-5 10-4. The Russian duo was legging behind 2-6 1-5 and in the eighth game of the second set they saved double match point.

The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. Vesnina and Makarova hit 1 ace, made 5 double faults and won 3 break points out of 6. Pavlyuchenkova and Savchuk hit 1 ace and won 4 break points out of 9 making no double faults.